So, I think some of you guys know that I'm a Bible Quizzer. Well, we recently had our State Finals to determine who was going to Nationals and who was not.
Needless to say, three weeks before we'd gotten 3rd place in our first IL BQ Tournament (we'd been going to the Wisconsin ones because it is SO much closer!!!) and... er... um... there may or may not have been only three teams...
Okay. We got crushed soooo bad. And you have to place in the top two in order to be able to qualify for Nationals. So, we were very nervous.
My sister and brother and I crammed all week during that week of State Finals. Between college work and Bible Quizzing, I was basically dead. Naps... oh those sweet naps... them, and coffee, that sweet nectar of life, both helped me keep going.
So, we arrive at State Finals early in the morning, around 9am on a Saturday, and we're nervous. Like, hyper nervous. We managed to get a bye though, and we were... let's just say everybody there knew we got a bye when we found out that we got a bye. :D
Anyways, we watch the two teams that beat us last time quiz, and we thought, "Hmm... okay, we could probably take them, I think, I mean, they're probably just getting started. It's way too early in the morning and they're warming up, right?"
To make a long story short, we not only came out on top, we won undefeated and 3 outta 4 of my teammates made it on the all-tourney team (okay, one of them was me, haha, first highest scorer actually. But that's not important) and my brother was so excited about it!
His goofy grin and excitement about it made all of the headaches, stress, and complete nutsness of the week all worth it.
See, he's one of those kids who're forced to do Bible Quizzing. It's a huge commitment, because you have to learn hundreds of verses AND be able to hit the buzzer and interrupt quickly before the other team gets it. He doesn't like it too much because of all the stress, and he would constantly feel inadequate, like he had to compete with my other brother (who is also a Bible Quizzing whiz, as well as a big show off and can be QUITE sassy at times) so that wasn't helping either. He's also never made it to Nationals, so this was a big deal that we won first place undefeated and are going to nationals!
But for the first time, I saw him super duper EXCITED about Bible Quizzing. Like he actually WANTED to do it. I don't know, it was the best thing for me, made me feel good and that I wasn't quizzing to beat the other team really, I was quizzing for him.
Anyways, that's what I've been doing lately. Oh yeah, and so far, college work... well, it's going okay. Yup. Well, more than okay, super well actually, but ya know, it's still school haha.
Hope you guys are having a fantastic summer so far!!! Love you and God bless!!!! <3 :)
--Sonya :)
